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The trolley getting legs is a nice reference to the Fallout 3's metro train, which was basically a very very fast running NPC with the train as a helmet. It was a workaround so they didn't actually had to develop a working train.
I uhh, think it was just a trolly with legs as an "oh so random" moment. But thank you for reminding me of the jank to get "working" trollys in Fallout 3.
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"Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems, not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems..." -Meet the Engineer TF2
I can't believe Matt ran over the pizza with the strongest shape on it...what an architect! Also, while watching him push the rock up the hill....I liked the other references but I really liked the Parasyte Migi one.
They already made a game about philosophy, "Trolley Problem Inc", and it's very good. A sarcastic narrator points out the error in your choices. Whatever you pick! It covers the problems, and the point behind them, as well as their failings, well. It's very well footnoted, only a shame you can't click on the footnotes and read the original source, but they're mostly copyrighted books so fair enough. It's a couple of years old, very well made, and very funny. There's a dark, overarching plot to it. I'd definitely recommend playing it. About 8 quid to buy. The narrator is Jan Ravens btw, they paid for a proper actress, she does a lot of satirical type stuff on TV shows.
14:16 Prisoner's dilemma works like this: 1: If you both cooperate both of you get say 2 years of prison(Not 0, we'll see why later) 2: If you both defect both of you get say 5 years 3: If one of you cooperates and the other defects, the cooperator gets say 10 years and the defector is set free This is a dilemma because if you cooperate your opponent would like to defect, but then you would also like to defect, even though it would be better to both cooperate. In the game's case, this is sort of a dilemma because your opponent sees no reason to defect if you cooperate, but if he does defect you would like to defect, even though it would be better if both cooperated.
14:17 That's not the Prisoners' Dilemma. The payoffs are wrong. When either player talks, the total time imprisoned (sum of both people) has to increase while that player's time has to decrease. So the "both silent" side should have a short sentence for both, say 1 year, while the "both talk" side should total more than 10 years, say 6/6.
Ah yes. Trolley careening down the track? Dismantle part of the track, construct an entirely new section of track and plonk it down all before the trolley gets to you. I feel like if you can do that you can disconnect the parts of the track the people are on and bring them to safety.
LOL, I can't get over the fact that the tracks on the trolley problem are wrong.. like that's not how track switches work, both the diverging rails for the siding come off of the bottom rail instead of each rail diverging. So whether you switch it or not that shit is going to derail and no one will be harmed in either case. :P
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So I love the fact that the points/switches have the right rail turning off twice, as if the trolley somehow switches all of it wheels over to the left rail. :) Just an observation from a railway tech
I have a really hard trolly problem. On one track, there is every architect in the world, except one, but there is also Paddy. But, you could switch the track to only kill one architect. Which one yo you choose.
13:29 is a Hunter X Hunter reference to the main character Gon when he uses his Nin to fight Neferpitu. It’s an incredible anime and I high recommend it
The first propblem is kind of interesting for me. The way i see it is that, if you dont choose to pull the lever, you made the active decision not to and murdered the 5 poeple. even if you were not involved. i see it as an active decision not to help. pulling the lever to make the trolley hit the 1 person is an active decision too, with the only diffrence being that you pulled a switch, while by the other you didnt. Just like Negan said in TWD. "Not making a decision, is a biiiiiig decision."
As a thinker myself I would love to argue about the first "challenge". I mean you ARE involved in both scenarios, because you have two choices. All 6 people are bounded to the railway by some observer and therefore they are equally "qualified" to survive. And by not doing anything at all you chose to do so, ergo you actually did do something.😂🤯
1:14 The logical thing to do is to flip the switch and then attempt to move the guy tied to the tracks. Even if it is impossible for you to make it to save the person, your odds were _always_ better having to save one person instead of five. One thing that always bothered me about this scenario though, is that it is improbable, and ignores all of the real world consequences for such a scenario. If someone is tied to a track and there is a train coming, flipping the switch could derail the train, sending it hurling at everyone, and doing far more damage than the untimely deaths of five people. Moreover, you also have to consider that maybe warning the operator of the vehicle ahead of time is the most reasonable option, another option that is never presented. Idk. I feel like the entire conflict of this scenario is in the distinct lack of details, and the extremely linear options you're given as a means of solving the problem. If it were this exact scenario, with a small trolley, and I didn't have time to warn the operator, as implied, I'd flip the switch and attempt to move the guy as I stated, however, without knowing the full picture, the best option cannot really be known.
Unpopular opinion: You pull the lever to kill the witch that is about to turn a frog into a boy. Explanation: Witches are evil and she is probably about to turn the frog into a mindless loyal servant which is a miserable existence. The bottom one might turn a child into a frog, but the child (now frog) might find true love and eventually be turned back into a person. Correction: Those are obviously fairies, not witches (cute, no broom, no big nose), so they are good by definition. So there are actually two cases and in both you do NOT pull the lever: A) Frog deserved to be turned back into a child so we let him live his life and the bottom child deserves to be turned into a frog and we will just increase the punishment from being a frog to being dead (or you could also say we relieve the child from the misery of being a frog). B) No child deserves being turned into a frog and the bottom fairy is corrupt. In that case you kill the corrupt fairy potentially saving a lot more kids from being turned into a frog at the cost of one child that was about to be turned into a frog anyway.
13:28 Gon reference from hunter x hunter when he gets very angry and fight Pitou, and then parasyte reference with multiple tentacles coming out of head with blades at the ends.
The "If you have infinite monkeys" scenario is just the same thing as computer power... You could have infinite computer power, in the end the AI will produce something of use, it will just throw a bunch of shit too.
